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Paul was gravely mistaken, when he claimed justification is by faith in Jesus suffering



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Paul was gravely mistaken, when he claimed justification is by faith in Jesus suffering 
Christianity is an awesome religion. But Christian theology is sorely mistaken. Consider the following 
example: The apostle Paul claims that, in the eyes of God, we cannot achieve justification by merely 
pursuing the life of righteousness demanded by God’s Law. Why? Because if so, then Jesus death was in vain
(“… FOR IF RIGHTEOUSNESS COME BY THE LAW, THEN CHRIST IS DEAD IN VAIN”- Galatians 
2:21). In other words, Paul implies Jesus (peace be upon him) was too great of a figure for the Law not to 
recognize his suffering [in the cross] as the supreme standard of obtaining God’s approval. 
What’s the problem with this otherwise logical argument? The problem is that, when thoroughly examined, 
we find it to be no more than “wishful thinking” (a purely subjective claim, with no support from the Hebrew
Scripture). Why? Because we might use the same line of reasoning to justify the life and ministry of any 
other great and beloved religious figure, as would be the case with Zoroaster, Muhammad, Joseph Smith, 
Ellen G. White, William Marrion Branham, etc. 
In fact, a true Hebrew believer would have grounds to state the opposite of Paul: that justification cannot be 
achieved only by faith; as if justification is only by faith, then the works and sufferings of Noah, Job, and 
Daniel (whom pursued the life of righteousness described by God’s Law) were all in vain; that the life of 
righteousness [and Justice] pursued by these men was just too great not to be recognized as the supreme 
standard for obtaining God’s approval. And Scripture actually gives us ground to believe that denying what 
we have just said would be utter foolishness, as the Creator himself bears witness of it, when He goes on to 
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say: 
“Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand 
upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and 
beast from it: THOUGH THESE THREE MEN, NOAH, DANIEL, AND JOB, WERE IN IT, THEY 
SHOULD DELIVER BUT THEIR OWN SOULS BY THEIR RIGHTEOUSNESS, SAITH THE LORD 
GOD…. Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man 
and beast: THOUGH NOAH, DANIEL, AND JOB WERE IN IT, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall 
deliver neither son nor daughter; THEY SHALL BUT DELIVER THEIR OWN SOULS BY THEIR 
RIGHTEOUSNESS [NOT THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS, NOR ANY OTHER MAN]”- Ezekiel 
14:13-14, & 19-20 (King James Bible). 
And the fact that pursuing a life of righteousness [and not necessarily faith in Jesus alleged atoning sacrifice],
is the supreme means of escaping God’s wrath is also corroborated in the verse where the Creator goes on to 
say: «… when I [God] say unto the wicked, “Thou shalt surely die [in the world to come]!”; IF HE TURN 
[IN SINCERE REPENTANCE] FROM HIS SIN, AND DO THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL AND RIGHT; If 
the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing 
iniquity; HE SHALL SURELY LIVE, HE SHALL NOT DIE. NONE OF HIS SINS THAT HE HATH 
COMMITTED SHALL BE MENTIONED UNTO HIM: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall
surely live…. When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die 
thereby. But IF THE WICKED TURN FROM HIS WICKEDNESS, AND DO THAT WHICH IS LAWFUL 
AND RIGHT, HE SHALL LIVE THEREBY”- Ezekiel 33:14-14, & 18-19 

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